Attachment for plows



(No Model.)

E. G. GODDA'RD.

ATTACHMENT FOR FLOWS.

No. 875,288. Paten f D88-20, 1887.

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UNITED STATES :PATENT OFFICE.

EZRA G. GoDDAnD, oF nAsr SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

ATTACH M ENT FOR PLOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 375,283, dated December 20, 1887.

Application filed September 6, 1887. Serial No.248,937. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EZRA G.. GODDARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Plows, of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinv to the accompanying drawings. j

This invention relates vto new and useful improvements in attachments for plows.l

The object of the invention is to provide an attachment that can be readily applied to any ordinary plow to convert the same into a socalled sulk'y-plow,77 and upon which the plowman can ride; also, to construct the attachment so that it will diminish the friction of the plow when in the act of plowing.

The invention consists in the construction of the frame of the attachment and its cornbination with a traction-wheel and seat, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure l is al perspective view of my attachment as applied to a plow-beam. Fig. 2 is a plan of the plow and its attachment. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the stubaxle detached. Fig. 4 is a crossvsection through the seat and its support.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this speciication, A represents a plow, B the plowbeam, and C the adjustable plow-wheel, all of the ordinary and known construction.

D is an angularly-shaped frame, the front end of which is removablysecured, preferably by means of a clamp, E, to the plow-beam, upon the land side thereof and near the forward end, while at the rear end it is similarly secured, by a clamp, F, or otherwise, to the plow-beam at or near the longitudinal center of the plow. In the drawings the clamp which secures the colter to the plowfbeam is made use of for this fastening; but where not convenient or desirable separate means are provided.

A t the angle of the frame D is secured a stubaxle, G, which carries a wheel, H. To the innerend of this stub-axle is rigidly secured the angle-plate I, which embraces the 5o angle of the frame D, and is provided -with Rising from the angle of the frame D, andv suitably secured thereto, is a vertical seat-support, J, provided with a horizontal arm, J', which is slotted to receive a bolt, b, passing through said slot and the seat K, and by means of which the said seat may be readily adjusted toward or from the plow, and so as to cause the weight of the driver to be supported nearer to or farther from the plow-beam, either to the inside or outside of the traction-wheel. The outer end of the arm J of the seat-support is secured to a brace-rod, L, the lower end of which is secured to a laterally-projecting foot-rest, M, which is rigidlysecured to the frame D.

In practice, the plow-wheel being adjusted to regulate the depth of the furrow, as usual, the stub-axle is also adj usted, by means of the devices provided, so that its wheel will travel upon the surface of the ground, and, with the plownian sitting upon the seat, hold the plow in an upright position. Thus adjusted, the travel of the wheel H upon the ground diminishes the friction of the landside of the plow when in the act of plowing. If the seat is adjusted outside of the wheel H, the extra draft incurred by the weight of the driver and the weight of the attachment will be equalized by the diminished friction upon the landside and bottom of the plow. It' adjusted inside the wheel H, it will tend to hold the plow more firmly to its work, more especially in hard ground.

What I claim as my invention is Il. In a riding attachment for plows, substantially as described, the combination, with the plow-beam, of the angularlybent outrigger or frame adapted to be rigidly and detachabl y secured thereto, the rigid seat-frame, the seat laterally adjustable thereon, and the laterally-projecting foot-rest secured to said frame, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with a plow, the frame D, provided with means for securing said frame to a plow-beam, a stubaxle, G, vertically adjustable upon said frame and carrying a traction-Wheel, H, a seat-support, J, rising from said frame Dand carrying alnterally-ad- In testimony whereof I affix my signature, j ustable seat, K, and a foot-rest, M, secured in presence of two witnesses, this 13th day of to said frame D, and the brace-rod L, eon- August, 1887.

neeting the seat-support; with said frame, the EZRA G. GODDARD. 5 parts being constructed, arranged, and operat- Witnesses:

ing substantially in the manner and for the R. B. ELDRIDGE,

purpose set forth. XV. L. CHIPMAN. 

